Sarah Jane’s Story Sarah Jane was a certified nursing assistant at a nursing home. When she lost her job, she struggled to maintain her housing and her mental health, and eventually, she was evicted. Sarah Jane started out in a shelter, but her mental health challenges made it hard to live in a group setting. For two years, she slept …
Meet Jim Jim Dobbins first learned about Roof Above in 2021 through volunteering with Room in the Inn at his church, Covenant Presbyterian. When Jim’s pastor told him about Roof Above’s Housing and Employment Resource Centers (HERCs), she said volunteering there would be right up his alley. “To say she was right would be an understatement,” Jim says. “This is …
Witnessing Hope Written by Joe Hamby, Director of Community Education It was 2:30 on a Friday afternoon at Roof Above’s Day Services Center. I was tying up loose ends when my phone rang. It was one of our neighbors, twenty-seven-year-old LJ. “Joe, I have a job interview.” He’d been applying for jobs with no luck since he returned from prison …